Guitar Suggestions?

Hey.. I'm 16 and looking to purchase a new guitar. Interested in metal and play a lot of All That Remains and Killswitch Engage. Right now I have a Epiphone SG and looking to spend around $700. Any suggestions would be great! I am experienced being that I have played for about 6 years; However, I do not really know what to look for in a new guitar. So any suggestions on what metal guitar I should buy and also what to look for in one would be great.

Yea I've looked at an ESP LTD MH-400 with emgs but I feel like there are better guitars out there and want to reconsider before I spend so much money.

The 400s are lower end than the 1000s. I would recommend looking at the MH-1000 non-trem since the trem models are a lot more expensive. Anything in the 1000 line is good. I hear good things about Schecters too

Thats retarded. An Explorer, Flying V or Les Paul will be fine for metal. The Explorer and V have high output ceramics anyways, way better sounding than the EMG's.

The pickups that come in the Gibsons aren't great. EMGs sound better than the Gibson stock pickups for metalcore. Those bands use EMGs and if he likes their sound, EMGs would probably suit him best. The gibson faded series aren't very good for the price either.

But anyway, you should consider getting a new amp before getting a new guitar

I'm gonna be a dick and suggest getting a new amp,maybe a Bugera tube model or a used tube amp before you upgrade your guitar.Hell then you can sell the line 6 to help fund the new guitar to go with the new amp.

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